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The American Civil War did not merely exist in isolation on the North American continent, the impact that slavery had during the war on the foreign relations of the United States of America was still significant, despite being a domestic war and slavery being a domestic issue, it had international consequences.
However, as the war dragged on, and it became clear slavery was central to the conflict, and that emancipation was (to quote the Emancipation Proclamation) "a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing [the] rebellion," Lincoln and his cabinet made ending slavery a war goal, culminating in the Emancipation Proclamation.
Foner, Eric (2001). "The Civil War and the Story of American Freedom". Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 27(1: Terrain of Freedom: American Art and the Civil War): pp. 8–101. doi:10.2307/4102836. JSTOR 4102836. Ochiai, Akiko (March 2001). "The Port Royal Experiment Revisited: Northern Visions of Reconstruction and the Land Question".
A college professor and his students counted words in secession documents to determine what really caused the Civil War.
During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield.Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was the most numerous weapon, being standard issue for the Union and Confederate armies, many other firearms, ranging from the single-shot breech-loading Sharps and Burnside rifles to the Spencer and the Henry rifles - two of the world's first ...
Rockets had fallen out of favor in the 18th century due to improvements in artillery, but the start of the Civil War inspired a reexamination of the technology. Congreve rockets , which had seen use in the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War , saw a resurgence of use by the Confederates, while the Union made use of the improved Hale rockets .
Shortly afterward, the Civil War began when Confederate forces attacked the U.S. Army's Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. During the war some jurisdictions abolished slavery and, due to Union measures such as the Confiscation Acts and the Emancipation Proclamation, the war effectively ended
“We know the Civil War was about slavery, but it was also more than that. It was about the freedoms of every individual. It was about the role of government for 80 years.” ...